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One thing was clear this week on ‘American Idol’: the judges have clout. They were blatant last night about who they thought was the weakest of the powerhouse-final-five. America heard them. Janelle Arthur was sent home. She didn’t earn the benefit of the one judge save.

The girls sang a very fun medley of songs by mega-diva Donna Summer before they results were revealed. And while there were a couple of big Idol alum performing tonight, it seems the show has cut back on big names and done away with the big star mentoring that used to take place.

If Lazaro survives this week, it will be no thanks to the judges, who completely skewered him on tonight’s ‘American Idol.’ It was painful to watch. They were clear that they wanted him gone. Nicki went so far as to refuse to comment at all, passing after both of his songs. That’s because the girls once again killed it, leaving the last-standing guy alone in the wake. But one girl in particular sang what Randy and Keith called the best showing in the show’s history.

In addition to the final six singing for their lives, Anthony Hopkins was in the audience for…some reason.

The singers sang twice, abiding by two themes. First, songs from Burt Bacharach and Hal David, and second, songs they wish they’d written. Read More »

America, and Jimmy and the judges simply don’t see eye-to-eye on who should have landed in the top three, but they were aligned on who should go home. It wasn’t such a surprise that Burnell landed in last place and had to sing for his life, but the person standing next to him in second-to-last was a bit of a surprise.

It was the simplest mandate on “American Idol” tonight: Perform a rock classic, but avoid slow songs and no ballads. But some of the top seven struggled with the theme. As such, the judges were excruciatingly clear about who thought should be going home. Nikki asked to borrow several items of clothing from the Idol wannabes and Mariah sang half of her comments.

Here’s how it all went down with the performances, which got some added zing from guest guitarist Orianthi:

‘American Idol’ went live tonight and started the three-night effort to whittle the remaining twenty contestants down to just ten. The girls were up first, singing their hearts out to stay.

Born to perform and work a crowd, the zany Zoanette Johnson hit it hard with Tina Turner’s ‘What’s Love Got to Do With It’ adding her own Zoanette zing, but it wasn’t her best showing and she had trouble hitting the mark. “That wasn’t it,” said Nicki. Keith questioned her song choice, but said if we were giving an award for the most “joyous, unbridled, free-spirited girl, you’d be it.” Randy said, “That was a mess, baby…your pitch was all over the place.” Mariah conceded it wasn’t her favorite of Zoanette’s performances. Read More »

Things were pretty clear-cut on “American Idol” tonight, but some of the choices were a little tough as some favorites got the boot. Five stayed, five were sent home. A new twist tonight: Idol solicited Tweets and relayed responses about whether or not viewers agreed with the judges’ words.

Melinda Ademi came out first tonight. The reviews from the judges were guarded and friendly, but not flowery. Mariah and Keith both agreed Melinda’s nerves might have gotten to her and Randy thought her moments weren’t big enough. But Nicki didn’t give any polite small talk. “All I could think of was Angela’s performance last week,” Nicki said. Read More »

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